Dandenong Star Journal - 17th August 2021

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Our Education wrap has plenty of options to suit any learner. Open up and take a look. Pictured: Leading the way in literacy and numeracy at Noble Park Secondary College.

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Engineering by design The world is changing very rapidly, with new technologies driving both future growth and a significant increase in demand for new job roles and skillsets, particularly in the STEM fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

With rapidly evolving technologies comes the need for schools to adapt their programs to ensure students are receiving quality education in the fields that are likely to result in continuous, sustainable employment.

Dandenong High School has recognised the need to ensure their students are thoroughly prepared for University study and the workforce and have decided to launch a dedicated Design Engineering Academy commencing for Year 9 students in 2022.

The Academy program will be taught in the new Design Centre, a purpose-built, state-ofthe-art and future-focused learning precinct.

The Academy will provide students with a deeply immersive and full-faceted STEM program and a clear learning pathway to an extensive array of tertiary courses and career opportunities.

Although a specially designed STEM program, all units and subjects studied in the Academy will have a direct link to VCE subjects under the Victorian Curriculum, examples of these units may include: Cyber Security, Computational Thinking, Engineering and Robotics, The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence, Applied Physics, Emerging Technologies, STEM Innovators, Coding and Program-

ming, Software Development, Digital Design and Manufacturing, Algorithmic ProblemSolving, Data Analytics and Chemical Engineering.

In addition, students will be actively encouraged to compete in STEM competitions at a very high level.

The Academy promises to offer a stimulating educational environment. Students will enjoy a range of enrichment and co-curricular experiences through partnerships with universities, including RMIT and Swinburne, as well as study trip opportunities to Silicon Valley in California.

These opportunities will enable students to gain recognised micro-credentials and qualifications.

The Academy will be phased in. In 2022 and 2023, the Academy will initially be available to a cap of 25 existing Dandenong High School students and external students.

The program will then expand to 50 Year 9 students by 2024.

In 2025, the program will be offered to 50 Year 7 students and 50 Year 9 students from Dandenong High School and external students.

If your child shows interest in the STEM fields, we will be having an online Information Session later in the term.

Please visit the school’s website or contact the general office for further details on 9792 0561.

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DANDENONG HIGH SCHOOL Design Engineering Academy

In response to a considerable, demonstrable increase in global demand for STEM-related workforce skills, Dandenong High School is launching a Design Engineering Academy.

The Academy program will be taught in the new Design Centre, a purpose-built, state-of-the-art and future-focused learning precinct opening at Dandenong High School in 2022.

The Academy will provide students with a deeply immersive and full-faceted STEM program and a clear learning pathway to an extensive array of tertiary courses and career opportunities.

Initially opening to Year 9 students, for further information please contact Dandenong High School on 9792 0561.

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Providing opportunities Hallam Senior College provides outstanding opportunities for senior students in Years 10 to 12.

They cater for an extremely diverse range of students with varied interests and aspirations including those focused on university, those wishing to excel in one of our Centres of Excellence (Sports, Innovation and Creative & Performing Arts) or those wishing to complete a Vocational Education and Training (VET) course.

They welcome you to the Come and Try Day (choose from Monday, 6 September or Monday, 18 October) and is an unique ‘hands on’ chance for potential students (Current Year 9 or above) to experience Hallam’s subject offerings. Come and see first hand how VET courses can complement our engaging VCE and VCAL programs.

Hallam Senior College would like to invite prospective families to register for a tour, and to come and experience what they have to offer, including but not limited to: 1. Maximising your VCE studies How to maximise your VCE studies at Hallam and ATAR Experiencing high quality teaching and learning 2. Experience and learn from one of our high performance coaches from one of our Centre of Excellence Program’s including: High Performance Sport - AFL (boys/girls), Rugby League (boys/girls), Basketball, Soccer and Netball (girls) Innovation (Aviation Technology, Horticulture, Microsoft) Creative and performing arts programs.

3. Attend our Come and Try Day Learn about apprenticeship, traineeship and employment opportunities

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ways to further study Hallam currently has more than 400 students completing a VET course, more than 200 of these students travel from other High Schools in South East Melbourne each week to

study at Hallam 4. Hear about the range of transition and support services we offer our students Hallam Senior College encourage all current year 9 students in South East Melbourne or those wishing to transfer schools to come and

experience what Hallam has to offer.

Register today for a school tour or their Come and Try Day by calling 9703 1266 or register online hallamssc.vic.edu.au. Experience what we have to offer prior to enrolling. You won’t be disappointed.

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Please visit our website to find more about our school or call either campus to book a tour.

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Educating for the future Noble Park Secondary College is a proud school that promotes the following values for an all-round education for our students.

Excellence Respect Integrity Responsibility Teamwork Noble Park Secondary College, a Year 7 - 12 co-educational College, strives for Excellence in all academic studies amongst a safe and nurturing environment. We promote an ethos of success for all students and believe that every student can shine in their own special areas of interest at school.

Students at Noble Secondary College develop a strong relationship with their teachers as is evidenced by our consistent exceptional

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student survey results. Teachers get to know their students well and therefore, can personalise learning and cater for individual needs both within and outside the classroom.

Noble Park Secondary College is proud of the diversity of cultures, as we have students who speak 48 languages across the College.

One of their key values is Respect and this diversity enriches their students’ education as they exist in a very harmonious environment where they all learn from each other to respect these rich cultural differences. Respect is promoted in all actions across the college: in the way students behave in class, interact with each other inside and outside the classroom.

Noble Park Secondary College assemblies, year level meetings and classroom teachers promote a feeling of pride to be a student at

Noble Park Secondary College, respecting each other and others around them.

When they discuss the value of Integrity with their students, they sometimes are confused by its meaning, but when we explain it is being truthful, and doing the right thing, they understand. As a college with strong bonds between staff and students they promote through conversations the importance of this value to their students every day.

Noble Park Secondary College expect students to demonstrate Responsibility for their own actions and to strive to do their very best to achieve their chosen goal/s. They promote students being responsible in all aspects of college activities as well activities outside the college and they are often praised by outside agencies when students attend an excursion

on how well our students behaved.

Noble Park Secondary College’s last value is Teamwork, which is deemed as an important value as we promote the importance of interacting with others. This is very often associated with sporting teams which are strongly supported at their college but also student voice teams, music teams, drama teams, debating teams, year level committees, and all activities within the classroom where students work together for a desired outcome.

Noble Park Secondary College are very proud of our students and look forward to a return to personalised tours soon, to showcase how Noble Park Secondary College embraces an all-round education providing exceptional opportunities for their students.

Please ring on 9546 9066 to book a tour.

Lessons in those A, B, C’s: Handwriting vital to literacy A recent study has investigated the links between handwriting and other literacy skills in young children, finding that handwriting automaticity, or fluency, predicted writing quality and reading skills a year later. The researchers warn that a shift to “paperless schools” does not have strong empirical support and that it could potentially have a negative impact on students’ literacy.

Dr Anabela Malpique of Murdoch University and Associate Professor Deborah PinoPasternak of University of Canberra conducted the study, which involved 154 students and 24 teachers across seven Perth schools.

They wanted to understand the effect handwriting automaticity has on children’s later literacy skills.

“A growing body of research argues specific cognitive benefits of handwriting during early childhood, including brain development, working memory, translation of thought-to-script, and overall writing quality and production.”

Despite the widespread use of technology and the current digital literacy agenda, handwriting plays a unique and fundamental role in writing development. Anecdotally described as “thinking with a pencil”, handwriting involves the integration of visual-perceptual, fine and gross motor skills with cognition While it might be tempting to dismiss the importance of handwriting as simply cosmetic, handwriting in fact underpins many higher functions of writing. The researchers note that poor handwriting automaticity hinders vocabulary selection, ideation and revision, while also affecting motivation, writing development and, in turn, academic success.

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ideas into written text relies heavily on the writers’ ability to retrieve alphabet letters in memory and produce these letter forms efficiently, legibly, and automatically.

The researchers note that their study’s findings, well aligned with recent neuroimaging studies, question the empirical foundations of digital only efforts in schools today. In a time when handwriting is being replaced by digital writing devices, research is showing that such a move could be counterproductive.

Of particular concern to the researchers were the teaching practices reported.

Year One students spent less than 50 minutes per day practicing writing, which is the

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minimum recommended, while across the board there was great variability in the time students spent on writing. Writing time and instruction ranged from 30 to 120 minutes per week.

The researchers also note that Australian teachers may be focusing too much on basic skills rather than teaching writing processes such as planning for writing and learning strategies to revise the quality of their texts.

“This may be problematic since research with primary students suggests that writing instruction in early education should include the teaching of basic writing skills and the teaching of writing processes in the same instructional protocol.”

The researchers conducting the research were also assisted by Dr Magda Sofia Roberto, their statistical consultant.

Anabela Malpique, Deborah Pino-Pasternak, and Magda Sofia Roberto. 2019. Writing and reading performance in Year 1 Australian classrooms: associations with handwriting automaticity and writing instruction. Reading and Writing. DOI: 10.1007/s11145-01909994-z.

For more information contact Dr Anabela Malpique, Murdoch University at a.malpique@murdoch.edu.au. or Associate Professor Deborah Pino-Pasternak, University of Canberra at deborah. pino-pasternak@canberra.edu.au. dandenong.starcommunity.com.au

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Meet Henry, St Paul Apostle North’s Wellbeing dog

“Going on a Bear Hunt”.

Why to choose St Paul’s ery child is challenged and supported to strive for continual improvement wherever they happen to be on their learning journey.

Our Outdoor Learning Program, STEAM Program, Kitchen Garden Program, innovative Student Leadership Program and our commitment to the Walker Learning Inquiry Approach are all designed to excite and engage children to have a voice in their own learning.

Teachers play a vital role in children’s good health A study by researchers at the University of Sydney and Macquarie University has shown the important role teachers play in educating children about nutrition and healthy eating. Yet a narrow view of education undermines their ability to help.

Associate Professor Wayne Cotton and his co-authors found 3,922 research articles about children’s nutrition and healthy eating, narrowing these down to the 34 most relevant ones, and drew together their findings. This systematic review revealed that teachers can strongly influence children’s healthy eating.

This is of particular significance in Australia, given the dietary issues we face. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2017–18, 67% of adults and 25% of children were overweight or obese. Meanwhile, only 5% of adults and 6% of children ate the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables.

A/Prof Wayne, who is director of teacher education at the University of Sydney, notes that children’s eating habits can set patterns that persist into adulthood. Yet a narrow focus in education hinders efforts to establish healthy habits.

“First, nutrition education is often seen as unnecessary because the content is not included on standardised tests,” he and his co-authors wrote.

Since nutrition, and more broadly health, are not assessed as part of largescale testing, teachers do not always have time to teach students about them. This is despite the important role teachers play in this regard, with research showing that teachers can help children eat more fruits and vegetables; lower their salt and sugar intake; and contribute to a general knowledge of nutrition.

“Despite research showing that schools can make a positive impact on children’s nutritional outcomes,” the authors write, “schools and teaching staff note many bardandenong.starcommunity.com.au

riers that restrict nutritional education programming and delivery.”

Along with standardised testing, they list a lack of resources and training as a barrier, especially for primary school teachers, along with minimal nutritional education at university and the financial barrier of implementing nutritional programs in their schools.

“Previous research focusing on primary school-based nutritional education programs shows that effectiveness depends on the duration of the program,” the researchers write.

Many schools look to external groups for nutrition education programs. Such programs are not as well-positioned as teaching staff to deliver ongoing nutrition education across curricular programs and over an extended period. The researchers cite the World Health Organisation to underline that “qualified teachers are the key agents for promoting health and nutrition within schools.”

The researchers’ meta-analysis found strong evidence for teachers’ efficacy in promoting healthy eating in students. Ten of fourteen articles they reviewed increased fruit and vegetable consumption, while other articles found that teachers can have a medium effect on reducing overall energy intake. It was more difficult for teachers to get children to consume less sugar, with their efforts having the smallest effect.

“Schools are ideal settings for preventive nutrition education efforts targeting children due to their reach, structure, and cost-effectiveness,” they write. “Prudent, evidence-based decisions need to be made by policy-makers and pedagogues as to the teaching strategies employed when delivering nutrition education programs to primary-aged students.”

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At St Paul Apostle North we believe that the child is the centre of all we do and that the wellbeing of every child is central to their learning. We also believe that the partnership between the school and the family is vital to the happiness and success of all children and we welcome and encourage families to be actively involved at all times.

The students at St Paul Apostle North are

encouraged to be respectful, responsible and compassionate and to strive to make a difference in their world.

We are currently taking enrolments for 2023 at St Paul Apostle North Catholic Primary School but still have a limited number of places for 2022. Call 9700 6068 to enquire.

Mary Lucas, Principal

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We are a progressive, forward thinking school with excellent facilities and dynamic programs. Our open learning studios promote collaboration, creativity and problem solving.

Differentiated teaching encourages engagement, high level thinking skills and pursuit of excellence for all.

We have strong literacy and numeracy programs which cater for children at all levels. Ev-

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More than just a school Doveton College is a vibrant learning community serving the families, children and young people of Doveton. Their multicultural community extends beyond the College. They welcome everyone to engage with the educational programs and activities on offer.

As well as Prep to Year 9 schooling the College offers full wrap around services including: Early Learning Centre (0-4yo) Funded 3 and 4 year old kindergarten Playgroup Adult education GP and nurse Paediatrician services Health and Allied Health services Maternal Child Health nurse Adult social groups The Early Learning Centre operates as a long day care centre from 7am to 6pm. It consists of three rooms, a birth to 3yo room with 1:3 supervision ratio, a 3yo kindergarten room and a 4yo kindergarten room. Their indoor/ outdoor program provides amazing opportunities for the youngest children to learn and grow. They recommend to please come and meet the team of outstanding educators and explore the centre.

Our community team support the running of many programs and outside support agencies; including playgroups, adult education, craft and social groups, job search support and resume help.

Adult Education, particularly English language is extremely popular. Classes run during the day with babysitting provided.

The Prep to Year 9 school sector is flourishing as students have adjusted well to the challenges of remote learning and continued to progress in social, emotional and academic growth.

Doveton College has academic programs which are rich and rigorous. In 2020 Doveton College was in the top 10 schools in the state for NAPLAN growth.

Specialist literacy and numeracy enhancement teachers work with over 200 students to grow each child’s individual achievement levels each year.

More than just the academic outcomes, they work with children and families to develop the whole child. Social and emotional growth is so important for all children. Their teachers and support staff make sure that they understand each child as a person, working with their individual interests and needs, supporting every child to reach their potential.

Doveton College provides free after school engagement and extension activities for all students. They can register each term to participate in a wide range of activities such as floristry, basketball, remote cars, soccer, music, dance, tennis, street art, debating, multisport, pottery and more.

The Wellbeing team supports many children and families in the College, and co-ordinates the GP, paediatrician, nurse, and allied health workers supporting the community.

Principal, Debra Gibson says that what she loves most about Doveton College is the

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connections with children and families and the genuine way in which the needs of the children are understood and addressed by all staff.

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The teachers, educators and support staff here are outstanding. They are passionate, highly skilled and determined to deliver the very best education for each and every child.

Visit the website and come and visit their College - they would love you to meet their staff, students and to show you around.

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Introducing your

School Principal Lucas, Mary

Bankasia Campus 8-20 Janine Road, Springvale South

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Noble Park Secondary College is situated conveniently just under one kilometre from the Noble Park station in a no through road, Callaghan Street. It could be described as a ‘hidden gem’, as our College may not be visible from the main road, but we proudly boast our greatest achievement to be our wonderful students, who demonstrate respect, to honour our school motto of “Our Best Always” at the heart of our College philosophy.

At St Paul Apostle North, we are passionate about inquiry learning, about embracing our environment and creating learning experienced that are relevant, challenging and authentic. We value student voice and encourage everyone to learn how, when and where learning is most optimal for them. We support our students and ourselves to aspire and strive to be the very best we can as we continue to “Ignite the Mind and Spirit”.

We invite our parents and caregivers to partner with us in sharing the wonderful learning journey each child embarks on here at St Paul Apostle North and we warmly welcome families to be actively involved in every opportunity our school has to offer.

I am extremely proud of the College and invite you to call 9546 9066, to book a personalised school tour with me, so that you can also understand what I mean when I say Noble Park Secondary College is certainly a hidden gem!

I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to visit St Paul Apostle North Catholic Primary School where every child & family is valued, celebrated and where a strong sense of wellbeing leads to strong academic results.

Mary Lucas Principal

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We challenge our students to embrace their creativity and curiosity and to engage in the deep questions that help them make sense of the world and their place as Catholics in that world.

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My name is Mary Lucas and I am privileged to be the Principal of St Paul Apostle North Primary School in Endeavour Hills.

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To all families who are considering enrolling their children at Keysborough College I say that I believe you are making an excellent choice!

We aim to provide the very best for every student. From their first day, our students enjoy a supportive and secure learning environment. We provide a positive student learning experience for all students through the creation of a personalised learning environment, via shared effective learning and a culture of high expectation and high achievement across the College. We cater to individual students’ learning styles and the rate at which they learn to improve their results in the classroom.

The wellbeing of each student is fostered through a teaching and learning culture founded on positive relationships that encourages and supports students to take responsibility for their own learning. We provide transition programs and pathways for students as they move through the College and beyond. This occurs through the development of authentic learning pathways that respond to the varying values, needs and interests of our students, and building a significant social and academic working relationship with the College’s associated Primary Schools.

The benchmark in planning the future direction of our College is to ensure the best possible outcomes for all students, and to provide students, parents, staff and the wider community with the opportunity to be involved in creating our future. At Keysborough College we truly live our values in all aspects of school life: Respect, Excellence and Diversity. I look forward to you visiting our school.

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Greater Dandenong ... Open for Education The Dandenong Star Journal recognises the importance of the regions educational sector and especially the contribution made by School Principal’s in developing young minds that will become tomorrow’s leaders.

The Meet the School Principal feature is important, as it allows Principal’s to share their vision of the future in their own words.

Greater Dandenong is a region of educational opportunity, with easy access via major freeways and highways a major factor in attracting residents and tourists. The State Government has also invested heavily into revitalising central Dandenong to become a satellite city to Melbourne, attracting visitors from as far away as Gippsland.

One of Melbourne’s oldest and most respected newspapers, the Dandenong Star Journal has been chronicling in words and pictures the history of Dandenong and the surrounding region since 1865.

Every week we publish stories on local schools, their students and their achievements.

Your school can be part of future Education features we publish simply by contacting us.

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Susan joined Dandenong High School as a graduate teacher and her 30-year career culminated in her appointment as the Principal in 2012, where Susan embarked on leading the community through a period of intense cultural change and continuous school improvement.

A committed and innovative educator, Susan is currently acting in the role of Network Chair for the Greater Dandenong Principal’s Network, a position she accepted to facilitate her drive and passion for making a difference within her community.

Susan has a great deal of experience with young people. Apart from three decades as a high achieving educator, Susan is a Parent and Grandparent with a deep connection to young people and thorough knowledge and understanding of the challenges young people face in today’s world. With a firm eye to the future, Susan believes nothing is more empowering than education and recognises that learning best occurs when students feel connected, happy and supported at School. This is the culture Susan and her dedicated team have worked tirelessly to create during her tenure as Principal.

Susan’s advice to her students is always to meet their challenges head-on and to focus on being the best they can be in all aspects of their life.

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It is a privilege to be the Principal at Doveton College, a job that is enjoyable, exciting and rewarding.

This is my fifth year at the College and I am constantly energised by our community. From the smiles and laughter of young people, to the commitment of adult learners and the support of parents and carers.

There is nothing better than seeing the happy faces first thing in the morning when the doors open and the children and families arrive for the day.

There are so many innovative and unique things about Doveton College. I can say, without exception, that all our staff are committed to providing the very best education and care for all children. We know that academic outcomes are important and our data shows outstanding growth in literacy and numeracy outcomes. Just as important is the health and wellbeing of children and their families. The College supports children, families and the wider community with an extensive range of services onsite. From the very youngest of children through to senior adults, our ELC and playgroups, school programs and adult education cater for everyone.

Visit the College website and follow us on Facebook to see the things we do, or come in and meet us in person. I would be delighted to meet you and show you all the College has to offer.

Susan Ogden

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Police probe man’s death

Local ‘Voice’ hitting high notes Paris Marie, from Endeavour Hills, had an incredible moment meeting one of her idols Jessica Mauboy on the set of The Voice. Paris and Noble Park singer Adrian Jemale have lit up the show in recent nights.

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Heritage on hold

By Cam Lucadou-Wells An “ill-timed” move to heritage-protect Noble Park’s folklored ‘jug house’ or ‘Jarvie house’ has been quashed.

At a 9 August meeting, Greater Dandenong councillors unanimously voted against a proposed heritage overlay on the unique home with a brick-jug chimney on the corner of Heatherton and Corrigan roads.

The property had been assessed as “significant aesthetically, historically and for its rarity

to Noble Park and the City of Greater Dandenong”.

Cr Bob Milkovic, who led the motion, said the “ill-timed” move was “inconsiderate” given the house was in the process of being sold.

A “selfish” group of residents had “no consideration” for the “emotional hurt” caused to the vendor, who owned the house for 28 years, as well as the new owner or the agents, he said.

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Cr Tim Dark said heritage protection had to be done in the “right way” such as an assessment study across multiple properties at the same time.

The much-storied chimney - or “Jarvie’s Jug” – has been the source of much speculation.

It has been rumoured to signify either a dairy, a tea pot, a drug den, a brothel or a sly grog shop.

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Cr Milkovic said if the issue had been raised at a different time, he may have looked at it in a “different light”.

The dwelling ultimately sold for $1.25 million to a buyer who wanted to restore it, according to its real estate agent Area Specialist.

Cr Rhonda Garad said she applauded residents for “valuing our community assets” but they were unaware of the “unintended consequences”.

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CFA caught in roads’ crossfire

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By Cam Lucadou-Wells Fire trucks are being stopped in their tracks by roads blocked with parked cars in Keysborough South’s estates.

Racing to a call-out, Keysborough CFA fire trucks are at times unable to squeeze through the narrow gap between cars on narrow streets such as Tyers Lane, Jakes Road and Grevillea Road.

In the middle of the night, fireys have reported blared their trucks’ horns to stir sleeping residents to move their cars.

Keysborough CFA was unable to comment.

But in a Star Journal story in 2018, a brigade spokesperson said he feared crews could be stopped reaching a house fire in good time.

“The issue doesn’t seem to be getting much traction. I hope it won’t take a major issue like us not being able to get to a fire.”

According to Greater Dandenong Council, the onus is on motorists to leave at least three metres’ of clear roadway width.

That’s just 10 centimetres’ leeway for the CFA’s 2.9 metre wide trucks.

Resident Dom Boccari says the council and State Government should take responsibility for the estates’ urban design flaws – the toonarrow streets and the lack of on-site parking at homes.

As a solution, the council could install indented parking bays within nature strips, he said.

In nearby Chi Avenue, the council has instead roped off nature strips on both sides to deter residents parking their cars on the street.

By doing so, the council “admits there’s a problem”, Mr Boccari said.

“So where are the people going to park their cars? You can’t expect them to park around the corner.”

Mr Boccari said stricter planning rules should apply to future residential estates, such as the mooted 15,000-resident estate at Sandown Racecourse.

“We need to expose these problems to avoid Sandown being built like Keysborough South.”

Greater Dandenong engineering director Paul Kearsley said the Victorian Government “sets the requirements within the planning scheme”.

“It should be noted that private roads can be narrower, however there are still requirements to provide sufficient width for emergency vehicle access.

“Council has no current plans to revisit the requirements set out in the planning scheme, as they are designed with emergency vehicle use in mind.”

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Nature strips are roped off to deter drivers parking on either side of Chi Avenue.

He said the fire-truck access issues were “generally the result of motorists not adhering to the road rules when parking, such as not leaving at least three metres of clear road space when they park”.

“When specific locations are identified, Council’s parking enforcement officers monitor the area to ensure drivers are parking in accordance with this and other relevant road rules.”

Meanwhile the State Government says access to new subdivisions is regulated by “council planning schemes”.

Local roads were required to “allow the safe passage of emergency vehicles including fire trucks”, a Government spokesperson said.

“Where street widths do not comply with the requirements of the planning scheme, the requirements of the relevant fire authority and roads authority must be met.”

Green streets for Noble Park Ian and Frank streets in Noble Park’s retail district are set for a $1.3 million ‘greener’ revamp.

The State Government announced $680,000 for streetscaping in Ian Street, in which new lighting, street furniture and greenery will replace powerlines buried underground.

Meanwhile, the Frank Street project – which receives $425,000 - includes a pocket park with landscaping, tables and chairs and a performance platform.

The project also builds a ‘greener connection’ between Ross Reserve, Aubrey Moss Memorial Gardens and Copas Park.

The City of Greater Dandenong will contribute $195,000.

Suburban Development Minister Shaun Leane announced the funding as part of the Noble Park Suburban Revitalisation program.

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A tree-lined corner of Mons Parade and Ian Street, facing north. streetscaping, new cricket nets at Parkfield Reserve and a redevelopment of Burden Park Tennis Club.

South Eastern Metropolitan MP Lee Tarlamis, who is chair of the Noble Park Revitalisation Board, said he was “thrilled” that the

In his 32 years as a Dandenong funeral director, Ashley Crow has seen many creative final tributes.

German Shepherd dogs forming a guard-ofhonour as a dog enthusiast’s coffin was carried out of the chapel, or truckies blasting air horns as their mate is lowered into his gravesite.

A funeral hearse circling a football oval as the scoreboard sounds the final siren.

People sometimes pre-record their own funeral eulogy – a powerful chance to thank their loved ones one last time.

The Le Pine Funerals director says his role is to allow families to pay that special, fitting tribute.

But during Covid lockdowns – such as this current one - funerals have been hollowed to 10 mourners.

The past 16 months, families have been opting to delay services until “some time down the track” – when normal service may resume.

Some choose to go ahead with a small gathering, like the family of a widely-admired young school teacher.

“There would have been 1000 people there under normal circumstances,” Mr Crow recalls.

“To have only 10 able to attend, you don’t get that impact of how they’ve touched so many people’s lives.”

Lost also are the wake’s comfort - the chance to come together, reminisce, regale and share memories about a late, loved one, he says.

Mr Crow worries others will miss altogether that chance to honour and celebrate a loved one’s life as part of the grieving process. They’ll miss that “platform to move forward”.

“Some families think we’ll go back from 10 up to 300 (mourners). That won’t happen soon - it may go back up to 50.

“I worry that people can’t say goodbye in a meaningful way and come to the reality of what’s occurring.

“This Covid pandemic is one of the hardest periods I’ve observed.”

Meanwhile, funeral directors have adapted to these sparsely-crowded times with webstreaming.

The virtual funeral is sure to become a socially-acceptable option for distant mourners in the future, Mr Crow says.

And the funeral videos will remain a permanent record of the array of tributes.

Beyond today’s global pandemic, death has always been a part of the human condition.

Mr Crow accepts it as so, saying he has “the best job in the world”.

“I’m certainly not scared of death.

“Being around trauma and grief and loss and death all the time gives you a real appreciation for what you’ve got.

“It makes me not sweat the small stuff.”

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Late on abuse report

By Cam Lucadou-Wells An after-school care service in the South East delayed reporting a stepfather’s sexual abuse of a girl with “horrible consequences”, a court has heard.

A former coordinator and a staff member pleaded guilty to failing as mandatory reporters to immediately report the abuse that was disclosed by the girl on 27 August 2020.

After their dithering, it wasn’t reported to police until the mid-afternoon the next day.

By that time, the child had been allegedly sexually assaulted another three times by the perpetrator on the afternoon of 28 August, Dandenong Magistrates’ Court heard.

Instead of reporting to authorities, the staff member initially left a letter about the matter on the co-ordinator’s desk.

The co-ordinator didn’t discover the note until the following morning.

For several hours, the co-ordinator says she tried to contact support service Child FIRST. At lunchtime, Child FIRST returned her call and advised her to ring Child Protection.

At 1.30pm, the stepfather reoffended. Authorities received a report by mid-afternoon.

Star News has chosen not to name the staff or service so as to not identify the child.

Mandatory reporters are required to immediately report concerns to Child Protection or Victoria Police.

A defence lawyer told the court that the coordinator’s moral culpability was lower than her colleague’s.

The Victorian Institute of Teaching had also suspended the co-ordinator from work, pending an investigation into the matter.

Magistrate Tony Burns, in sentencing the coordinator on 11 August, said she should have contacted police via triple-0 “straightaway”.

“This is a very unfortunate circumstance.

“It’s a horrible consequence that due to the tardiness by your staff member and to a lesser extent by you that a child victim was left in a position to being preyed upon which could have been prevented.”

Mr Burns noted the co-accused staff member had been “fairly leniently” dealt with by another judge.

His sentence was constrained to match it – under the principle of parity.

In the end, both received a 12-month goodbehaviour bond without conviction, plus a $500 fine to the court’s charity fund.

The maximum penalty is a $1817.40 fine.

Mulgrave fire suspicious Fire fighters have contained a suspicious building fire on Albert Crescent Mulgrave early on 11 August.

A large amount of smoke issued from an abandoned two-storey 2000-square metre building near Princes Highway just after 4.30am, according to Fire Rescue Victoria.

Twenty-nine FRV fire-fighters as well as CFA crews battled the blaze, containing it to the second floor. The fire was brought under control in an hour and 17 minutes.

Six pumpers, a rescue unit and an aerial unit were among the FRV appliances at the scene.

The building was vacant at the time.

“At this stage the fire is being treated as suspicious, and the incident has been handed over to Victoria Police,” the FRV stated.

A Victoria Police spokesperson said the cause of the fire was yet to be determined.

“Police are treating the fire as suspicious at this stage.”

Any information to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

ATM robber charged A 45-year-old man has been arrested soon after allegedly bashing and robbing a victim at an ATM in Dandenong.

The man was said to have punched the male victim in the head as he withdrew cash on Clow Street about 5pm on Friday 13 August.

After stealing the cash, the alleged robber was arrested by Greater Dandenong CIU detectives on Lonsdale Street.

He was charged with robbery and remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 14 August.

The victim was treated for minor injuries at Dandenong Hospital.

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Police at the crime scene at Mossgiel Crescent Endeavour Hills on 15 August. 247443

Homicide probes man’s death Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a man in Endeavour Hills.

Police were called to crisis-housing accommodation on Monteith Crescent about 2pm on Sunday 15 August.

The man died at the scene. As of that evening, he had yet to be formally identified.

Another man was arrested at the site and was being questioned by police.

The men are believed to have known each

other, police say.

A crime scene was declared by investigators.

Any information to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au

Parliamentary ‘slug gate’ inquiry re-opens

By Cam Lucadou-Wells Hearings are set to resume at a Parliamentary inquiry into the “inappropriate” closure of Dandenong South commercial caterer I Cook Foods in early 2019.

ICF director Ian Cook is scheduled to reappear in front of the inquiry on 25 August.

Others listed are ex-Greater Dandenong Council food-safety inspector Kim Rogerson – who turned whistle-blower, and ex-Knox Council officer Ray Christy.

The 30-year-old family business had been closed by the Department of Health and Human Services as part of an investigation into the death of a listeria-infected 86-year-old hospital patient.

By the time it re-opened six weeks later, the business was destroyed. Forty-one employees lost their jobs.

In August 2020, the Parliamentary inquiry into the matter found the ICF closure was “valid” but “not fair”.

But the inquiry has re-opened after “new evidence that was made public in relation to the inappropriate closure of I Cook Foods”, according to its terms-of-reference.

New evidence contradicted testimony by “senior officials in the Victorian Government and City of Greater Dandenong”, the terms stated.

Some of the evidence includes a report by Mr Christy, which stated prior to the closure that it was “more than likely” the deceased pa-

tient had not eaten ICF food.

ICF has consistently insisted it was wrongfully closed, including an allegation that a council officer planted a live slug during a factory inspection.

It has launched a $50-million lawsuit against the health department and Greater Dandenong council.

Victoria Police has recently re-opened its investigation into the circumstances of the closure.

In 2019, Greater Dandenong Council laid 96 food-safety charges against ICF – all of which were dropped just before a hearing at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court in late 2019.

The council stated it aimed to avoid a legal bill of up to $1.2 million.

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A Dandenong cleaner is among four new ‘mystery’ Covid-19 infections in Victoria on 14 August.

The cleaner was believed to have worked in an apartment building in Fitzroy Street, St Kilda during a suspected infectious period on 10-12 August.

The case had not been linked to any known acquisition sources, as of 15 August.

Six businesses in Greater Dandenong have been declared Tier 2 exposure sites due to being attended by an infected case.

The venues include 7-Eleven Sandown at 585 Princes Highway Noble Park on Tuesday 10 August 6.50am-7.10am, and Coles Dandenong, 36 Princes Highway Dandenong on Tuesday 10 August 7.30pm-8.26pm.

Other Tier-2 locations are Dandenong Supercinic and Terry White Chemmart, 56-58 Stud Road, Dandenong on Thursday 12 August 9pm-10.20pm, and Princes Pizza & Kebab, 4/26 Princes Highway Dandenong on Thursday 12 August 10.15pm-10.45pm.

Chemist Warehouse at 2/30 Princes Highway Dandenong on Friday 13 August 12.15pm1.15pm and Colombo Impex at 3 Clow Street Dandenong on Friday 13 August 7.15pm-8pm are also listed.

Anyone who visited the locations at the nominated date and times is being urged to get tested and isolate until a negative result is confirmed.

The updated list of exposure sites in Victoria is at coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites

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Security campaign success A ‘zero tolerance’ campaign against anti-social behaviour launched at Armada Dandenong Plaza is spreading nationwide.

The ‘Respect Protect Connect’ initiative is being promoted on digital screens, floor and door decals and lanyards worn by retail staff and centre management at RetPro managed shopping centres in August.

Workers are being trained on identifying potential negative behaviour or security breaches and how to defuse them.

Regular meetings will be organised with local police on the issue.

RetPro managing director Graham Terry said the initiative had been well-received and

supported at Armada Dandenong Plaza.

Spreading it to other centres such as Lynbrook Village, Casey Central, Casey Lifestyle Centre and Dingley Village would have “far reaching benefits”, Mr Terry said.

“RetPro managed shopping centres are family-friendly environments and every individual inside our centres has a right to feel safe and respected at all times.

“By setting a safety standard and backing this up by educating staff on how to manage and diffuse situations, we are getting on the front foot and proactively investing in personal safety from all perspectives both during and post Covid-19.”

Muffin Break store manager Rocky with security guard Ropeti at Armada Dandenong Plaza.

Heritage list move on hold From page 1 A council heritage assessment stated the jug’s brickwork was rare across Melbourne.

The house itself was described as one of the few ‘streamlined moderne’ or ‘waterfall’ front designs in Greater Dandenong.

“The house and its chimney have received wide publicity as an uncommon part of the urban landscape.”

Noble Park identity Geoff Wachter, who worked with the home’s builder and first resident Peter ‘Mick Jarvie’, had recently told Star Journal that the chimney was built as a “whimsical expression”.

It was a tribute to the “amber fluid” that flowed during so-called ‘church services’ in the garage on Sunday mornings when the pubs were closed.

“His neighbours were observed arriving with a brown paper bag under their arms.

They did not contain bibles but the contents clinked,” Mr Wachter said.

Resident Gaye Guest, who pressed for the site’s preservation, likened the jug chimney to Melbourne landmarks like the “Nylex tower”, the “Dandy pig” or “Audrey the skipping girl”.

She said the house needed to be saved “for perpetuity - for future generations when people won’t know the folklore stories like we do now”.

“Heritage overlays are not uncommon instruments. It’s standard practice for councils,” Ms Guest said.

“The issue is that Greater Dandenong doesn’t have enough of them. I know of a number of residential houses in Dandenong that should have had them and they have not survived.

“Not much of Noble Park’s history is preserved maybe the tree stump in Douglas St and the Noble Park Public Hall.”

The previous owner’s daughter Tanya Bermingham told Star Journal she was “thankful” that the council abandoned the overlay.

It was important to “preserve valuable and meaningful architecture to protect our history” but it should not “override other people’s livelihoods”.

“It is different when you want to heritage list a tree, a park or a public building from putting a ‘public Interest, do no touch’ label on someone’s private home.”

Ms Bermingham said there was “no immediate intention or threat to the property”.

“Could we all try to be respectful to the new owner’s privacy and let them enjoy the period of discovering their new home in peace?”

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By Cam Lucadou-Wells Adrian Jemale’s electrifying footwork and vocals has delivered him a legion of national fans.

Bursting with adrenalin, the 22-yearold Noble Park performer turned all four coaches’ chairs on The Voice, as televised on 15 August.

“It was very scary. I’ve watched the show many times before.

“I had my eyes closed because I was so scared. And I just prayed.”

He says he was inspired by his brother Benjamin, who watched on in his wheelchair with their parents at stage left.

“I did say it didn’t matter if I turned a chair, I already turned the most important chair for Ben. “It gave him an opportunity to go to the studio and see the show in person.

“It was a blast to be there.”

Adrian’s rendition of Billy Jean, complete with Michael Jackson-signature dance moves, lit up the live audience.

“As soon as the kick and snare hit, I couldn’t hear the song, all I could hear was the huge roar of the audience.”

There was still the uncomfortable sight of the back of four chairs – those of the show’s coaches Jessica Mauboy, Rita Ora, Guy Sebastian and Keith Urban.

Would those luminaries turn for him?

As nerves took hold, Adrian started praying. He sang to God, he sang to his cheering family.

“Then I could see out the corner of my eye the chair turning. Guy Sebastian, who I’ve known of since I was six, was smiling at me.”

Then turned Mauboy, Ora and Urban.

The moment overwhelmed him and he broke down in tears.

Though all four coaches pitched for him to join their team, he opted for Ora. “All four of them I’ve looked up to in my singing.

“Rita said she really knew there was more of me than the dancing and Michael Jackson stuff.

“She said she’d work with me to bring out who I am.”

That was music to Adrian’s ears. He’d just posted an original song Closer To You on his You Tube channel, with many more to come.

Then, if the moment could get any wilder, his father and world-reputed Elvis impersonator Rick Charles was invited on stage to strut his stuff.

“It was one of the most special moments that I will carry with me.

“Being born into a family of entertainers isn’t easy but I’d lying if I said it wasn’t fun.”

Last year, Star Journal told of the father and son’s weekly Facebook concerts during Covid-19.

Adrian Jemale won The Voice coaches over his singing-dancing rendition of Billy Jean.

Picture: SUPPLIED In the first concert, they performed a few gospels – hoping to inspire people in the same situation. They drew 50 viewers.

Then they tried rock-and-roll. And it grew to an international following 1600 viewers around the world.

Their TV moved to the other side of the lounge room, in came backdrops, smoke machines and lighting.

A woman approached him on the street and handed him $50, telling him his show made a “world of difference” to her during lockdown.

“We were doing it for ourselves too,” Adrian says. “We needed an escape too.

“As a performer, it helped us to be around people.”

Adrian had grown up in the back stages of casinos, nursed by musos, singers and dancers while his father channeled Elvis up front.

His first gig was at a ripe 3 years old – a Michael Jackson song Ben at the Waltzing Matilda Hotel in Springvale.

“I remember sitting in the front row with my mother and I’d look at Dad and want to be like him.”

Paris shines

By Cam Lucadou-Wells An Endeavour Hills teen singer escaped from the cocoon of a snap lockdown to give a dream serenade of Butterfly to the song’s writer Jessica Mauboy.

In February, Paris Marie’s plans to compete in The Voice’s pre-recorded blind auditions were thrown into havoc with her flight cancelled due to one of Victoria’s snap Covid lockdowns.

With no available earlier fights, she and her family instead loaded the car and headed north.

They joined a stream of traffic fleeing across the NSW border before it shut at midnight.

After a frenzied 900-kilometre trip, Paris took the stage and delivered.

As viewers saw on The Voice on 16 August, Mauboy turned her chair to offer to coach a thrilled Paris during the 2021 season.

“It was beyond belief,” Paris says.

“Jess said I’d captured the emotion of the song. It was an honour to be singing her song to her.

“Butterfly is about strength. I was singing it from my own experience about the times when we have to draw strength, especially after the year we have had.”

Mauboy had been the same age when she shot to fame on Australian Idol.

Since the age of 7, Paris has been performing gigs, including Advance Australia Fair in front of 10,000-plus basketball fans.

The accomplished pianist and guitarist as well as vocalist has collaborated with celebrated artists such as Andrew de Silva, Katie Underwood and Joe Cammilleri.

She had been planning to perform in the US – until the pandemic struck.

But even with that vast experience, The Voice was “surreal” – singing to four coaches, four “amazing artists that I idolised” and “hop-

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With a full studio crowd roaring and Australia watching on TV, she was grateful to have her mother Natalie, brother Pharell and sister Eden looking on.

“There’s a lot of nerves involved. You have to push through those nerves and sing.

“At the heart of it, I’m a girl from Endeavour Hills. It was a bit overwhelming.”

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LOOKING BACK 100 years ago 18 August 1921 Dandenong Honor Avenue Members of the Dandenong Improvement Association are to be commended for the steps taken to provide an Honor Avenue adjacent to the bridge over the creek, on the main road, to which movement the hearty cooperation of the residents have been accorded; it will also be the means of improving the appearance of one of the main approaches to the town.

The centre riding councillors, and their colleagues, are also deserving of credit for the council support which has been extended.

50 years ago 17 August 1971 Gun Blast in House Shotgun blasts last week ripped through two walls of a house in Glynda Street Dandenong,

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but nobody was hurt. Police were told that a youth and a girl become involved in an argument in the house. It is alleged the youth took a shotgun from a cupboard with the intention of frighting the girl into leaving the house.

The weapon was discharged apparently accidentally, two charges pieced the walls. Det Charles Cox and Sen Const J C Mengler of the Crime Squad found in the house a pistol converted to fire .22 calibre bullets. They arrested a youth on warrant on charges of assault with a weapon and with having possession of a pistol without having a certificate.

20 years ago 20 August 2001 It’s War, says Mayor Drug dealers would never control the streets, defiant Greater Dandenong mayor Youhorn Chea said after launching the city’s biggest offensive in its war on drugs. At the launch

of the council’s $800,000 State Government funded municipal drug strategy with Health Minister John Thwaites, Cr Chea said the strategy was aimed at returning the streets to the people. “This three-year strategy is the primary tool to tackle the drug problem and return homes, streets and parks to the people,“ he said. “The community owns our streets, drugs users are merely passers-by.

They will occupy public space, but they will never take over,” Cr Chea said.

5 years ago 15 August 2016 Gum Trees Felled The Noble Park community is reeling following shock news that dozens of 200-year-old river red gums would become mulch or firewood to make way for sky rail. Greater Dandenong councillors said the level crossing removal authority (LXRA) blindsided them with

news on Wednesday 10 August that it would remove all trees on Mons Parade between Heatherton Road and Briggs Crescent on the weekend. River red gums make up 66 of the 94 trees on the chopping block. Also on the go list were 11 Melaleuca, 10 Acacia, and several pittosporum and callistemon. “We will never see a bank of trees like it again in our area,“ resident Gaye Guest said. “Surely some could be cut to a level that they could re-sprout. Our river red gums are over 200 years old, but our illustrious premier and local ministers have not listened to resident concerns. They have historical significance!”

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HOPE

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Let me always hold on to the steady light of hope.

In the current state of uncertainty as to what I will be doing today, it seems that the natural state of the human spirit, that is joy, truth and beauty has been misplaced.

Sometimes it feels like we have moved very far away from that state.

This situation should be a signal to us that the art of thinking has become submerged.

The understanding of how our thoughts, evident through our words and actions, affect everything we experience has become blurred.

This connection between what I am thinking and what I am feeling seems to have been forgotten and the very ‘art’ of living has somehow been lost.

At the heart of every human being there is the understanding that there is a core of powerful, positive, spiritual energy.

A simple practical experiment may be of help here.

Sit quietly and create a memory of a brilliant sunset, a host of daffodils in spring, or some other beautiful memory of your choice.

Hold this image in your mind and experience it.

The feelings emerged are not artificial. They are real.

You have simply re-created an image, in your own mind that has triggered certain feelings and emotions which are absolutely real.

You don’t even have to work very hard at it.

This is just to show how powerful thoughts can be and how imagery and visualisation work in relation to feelings and emotions.

It does not mean that I should spend my day dreaming of past beautiful scenes, it illustrates how it evokes in me a feeling of peacefulness.

With this feeling I can respond to the external situations, however challenging they may be, and allows a sense of creativity in my attitude towards them.

For when I have decided what type of thoughts to have, then within my own being I may begin to create those feelings that I would like to have.

We all know the uncertainty of the present time and we cannot change these external events; however, I do have the freedom as to how I think about them and how I respond to them and thus separate my inner life from my outer life.

For in training my mind to create and sustain peaceful and hopeful thoughts I can more clearly decide on how to respond to whatever situation I am experiencing.

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Boarder ‘hit up’ for rent tried to headbutt a police officer during his arrest.

Police seized the baton as well as boxes of 92 shotgun shells possessed by Tumai without a license.

Tumai was breaching a full family violence intervention order by living at the boarding house.

He was also on a good behaviour bond and a community corrections order at the time.

On 6 August, Judge Tiwana noted former truckie had lost his job in 2015 due to drug use.

His life spiralled into a relationship breakdown, homelessness and crime, including assault, weapon and ice trafficking offences.

On previous CCOs, he had failed to take opportunities for counselling on drug and alcohol abuse and childhood trauma, Judge Tiwana noted.

The New Zealand citizen had reportedly no qualms with being possibly deported to his homeland.

Tumai was jailed for up to four years, including a two-and-a-half-year non-parole period.

He’d served 585 days of his term in pre-sentence detention.

By Cam Lucadou-Wells A robber has repeatedly used a baton to bash a resident senseless over a rental arrears dispute in a Springvale South boarding house.

Te Huinga Tumai, 47, pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court to armed robbery and assaulting a police officer during his arrest.

The victim, a 34-year-old man, had been $650 behind in his rent.

To Tumai’s annoyance, the landlord demanded Tumai and co-residents in the boarding house cover the arrears.

Early on 21 December 2019, an ice-fueled Tumai decided to take the victim’s bank card “by force”, sentencing judge Pardeep Tiwana said.

It would have been a “frightening and distressing experience” for the victim, who was hospitalised with a fractured eye socket and cuts and bruises to his head.

“The fact that you consumed ice and were under pressure to pay rent was no excuse,” Judge Tiwana said.

Tumai entered the sleeping victim’s bedroom, waking him by striking his head with an extendable baton.

The baton blows to the head continued as Tumai put his foot on the victim’s chest. He demanded and stole the victim’s phone and wallet, as well as the PINs for the phone and debit card.

The victim drifted in and out of consciousness during the assault. At one point he was woken by Tumai pouring water on his face.

During a police raid, Tumai was found hiding in a walk-in wardrobe. He elbowed and

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There have been regular proactive patrols of hot spots, and sharing of intelligence by investigators across the state.

If arrests aren’t made on the spot, detectives thoroughly follow up using automatic number-plate recognition data as well as CCTV and other vision.

“My message to those who escape police attention on the night is simple,” Inspector Poida said.

“Whether you were a participant or a spectator, we will have teams of officers and detectives reviewing all available intelligence to identify you, arrest you and charge you.”

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As part of Operation Achilles, police have disrupted seven “high risk driving events” in Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia in the past month.

Four arrests, four vehicle impounds and 10 defect notices issued as a result.

In a show of the crushing consequences, a 25-year-old man’s Holden Statesman was recently forfeited for possible destruction after he pleaded guilty at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court to conduct endangering serious injury.

The man had driven aggressively, dropped burnouts and fled at a dangerous speed from Macleod Road Carrum on 23 January, according to police.

The driver was remanded, his car seized by police ahead of his 27 July court case.

Inspector Jacqueline Poida, of Victoria Police, said since Achilles began in February, police are reporting a “decrease in hooning activity”.

She reiterated the message that hoon activity was “dangerous and not simply a bit of harmless fun”.

Charges such as reckless conduct endangering persons, careless driving, and improper use of a motor vehicle had been issued, she said.

“While it’s clearly not possible for police to arrest every single participant and spectator on the evening due to the number of people attending these kind of events, we have been successful in disrupting several hooning events, impounding offending vehicles, and arresting and charging some of those involved,” Inspector Poida said.

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By Cam Lucadou-Wells A Dandenong-born chief executive has been appointed for the company set to manage City of Greater Dandenong’s four leisure centres.

John Clark will start as CEO of South East Leisure Pty Ltd on 13 September.

From 1 July 2022, SEL will manage the council-owned facilities Dandenong Oasis (which is being redeveloped into Dandenong Aquatic and Wellbeing Centre), Noble Park Aquatic Centre, Springers Leisure Centre and Dandenong Stadium.

It will take over from current managers YMCA and Dandenong Basketball Association.

Meanwhile, Cr Lana Formoso has been appointed as the council’s non-voting representative on SEL’s board for 15 months.

“I’m very passionate about sport and wellbeing in our community and I look forward to representing councillors on (the SEL) board,” she said.

Mr Clark is manager of a similar entity Brimbank Leisure Centres, which oversees two facilities for Brimbank City Council.

In some synergy with the Oasis redevelopment, BLC is currently involved in the planning of a new St Albans Health and Wellbeing Hub due to open in 2022.

“I am honoured to be appointed as the inaugural CEO of South East Leisure”, Mr Clark said.

“I have a real passion for community health and wellbeing and how aquatic, sport and leisure facilities can play a key role. This aligns very well with the purpose and direction of SEL. “Having been born in Dandenong, I am also very excited to connect and engage with the local community and to improve leisure experiences and accessibility for all.”

SEL board chair Steven Wright – a former Richmond Football Club CEO - said Mr Clark’s experience would be invaluable.

“John comes into this position having pre-

South East Limited takes over the management of leisure centres such as the soon-to-be-redeveloped Dandenong Oasis. 234418 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS viously been involved in the start-ups of two new aquatic facilities in Torquay and Cairns.

“During the selection process John demonstrated enormous enthusiasm and passion for the role which is an excellent fit for the values of this company.”

His experience will be invaluable as the company prepares to take over the management of these significant facilities from 1 July 2022”, he said.

In June, City of Greater Dandenong committed up to $2.1 million to establish SEL over its first year.

Its model was expected to produce the “most economic financial result for council”, according to a recent council report.

It will have a “strong focus on improving community well-being and participation in leisure activities”.

Community services director Martin Fidler

said the South East Leisure option was chosen because the council didn’t have the expertise to manage the centres “in house”.

At the same time, the council had control to protect its “significant investment” in its assets, such as $6 million upgrade of NPAC and the $60 million Oasis redevelopment.

“The company model retains strong control and alignment with our unique community needs.”

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Station art ‘uplifting’ A bold public artwork design has been unveiled for the under-construction Hallam railway station.

The artwork titled You Me Us Here Now and created by world-renowned Australian artist Rose Nolan will emblazon the underside of the rail bridge.

The “open, positive and unifying refrain that draws on the notion of shared journeys and travel” is repeated in opposite directions.

A new 358-metre shared use path has also been announced as part of the design.

The landscaped, treed path will connect cyclists and pedestrians between the station’s eastern entrance and nearby homes.

“The new shared use path and vibrant artwork will rejuvenate and revitalise the area in and around the station precinct, benefiting our whole community for years to come,” Narre Warren North MP Luke Donnellan said.

“Together with the local community, I look forward to seeing the new rail bridge and station at Hallam come to life, as part of our project to remove the dangerous and congested level crossing at Hallam Road.”

Meanwhile, the rail bridge is taking shape.

As of early August, Victorian-made columns and beams were being craned in place.

During the next three months, Hallam South Road and the Pakenham line will close intermittently mostly during weekends and nights due to the project’s works.

Buses will replace trains on the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines between Westall, Cranbourne and Pakenham stations from 8.30pm Friday 13 August to last service Sunday 15 August.

An illustration of a new public artwork under the Hallam Road railway bridge.

From 7am to 6pm on Sunday 15 August, there will be a northbound lane closure on Hallam South Road between Centre Road and

Keppel Drive while crews carry out utilities works.

The level crossing’s removal will improve

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Masseuse jailed for rape It was an “opportunistic” and “grave example” of offending.

“You took advantage of her vulnerability in an entitled way which has caused deep and enduring trauma to her.”

There was no prior consent. Not till after the assaults did he ask if he could massage her intimate parts.

When she said no, he replied: “I always ask”.

He denied this conversation to police.

The client declined a shower and a glass of water at the studio and left as fast as she could.

She rang her friend to say “we basically just paid for me to be molested” and reported the incident to her mother and to police.

She stated she felt frozen, worthless and empty during the assault.

Afterwards, she felt lost, out of control and isolated from friends and relatives.

By Cam Lucadou-Wells A 75-year-old former Dandenong gymnastics club owner has been jailed for raping and sexually assaulting a customer in his home massage studio.

Michael Stelios Sergides, trading as ‘Mobile Just Massage’, had been messaged by the woman in response to a Gumtree ad on 26 June 2018.

Seeking help for soreness and fatigue, she asked for a 60-minute deep tissue massage.

Sergides told her he couldn’t go to her home. She needed to meet at his Clyde North address because he had car troubles.

During the session, he digitally raped and sexually assaulted the client on the massage table for about 20 minutes, Victorian County Court judge Martine Marich said in sentencing on 10 August.

“Nothing brought me joy anymore,” she wrote in her victim impact statement.

She self-harmed, paused eating, couldn’t bear to leave the house. The thought of seeing Sergides again “terrified me”.

“He took more than a small piece of me. For a moment he took away my reason for getting up each day, my only reason to live.”

She worked hard to heal, sought help to become strong again and to reclaim her life, she stated.

“I decided he wouldn’t win any more.”

Sergides pleaded not guilty to the charges in a judge-only trial.

Judge Marich said she found inconsistencies in Sergides’ evidence, but accepted the complainant’s account beyond reasonable doubt.

The victim’s friend had later rang Sergides

who told her the contact was a “regular part” of his service, but thought he’d asked her consent.

In a police interview, he denied the allegations, saying he would not massage lower than the stomach. Below that was a “no no”, he said.

Sergides, a former Narre Warren-based real estate agent, received glowing references from an employer, a developer, relatives and family.

He had taught at Knox Gymnastics in 1979 and was owner and head coach at Grips Gymnastics Club in Dandenong from 1983-2004.

Judge Marich noted Sergides’ lack of criminal history, prior “good character”, the trial’s delay, his age and ill health and his unlikeliness to reoffend.

Sergides was jailed up to five years and nine months. He will be eligible for parole after three-and-a-half years.

His term includes 55 days already served in pre-sentence remand.

HOME 2022 open for arts Emerging artists who have recently arrived in Australia as refugees or asylum seekers are being invited to take part in City of Greater Dandenong’s annual art exhibition HOME. The group exhibition explores the experiences of refugees and people seeking asylum under the theme of ‘language, text and gesture’.

It is open to entrants nationally and internationally in diverse media, including painting, photography, installation and video works.

Two emerging artists from refugee or asylum seeker backgrounds will be chosen through an expression-of-interest process to create new works.

They will receive artist fees of $2000 as well as mentorships and residency opportunities.

The exhibition is expected to open in 2022 at Dandenong New Art – the provisional name for the council’s new contemporaryart gallery in Mason Street, Dandenong.

Expressions of interest are open until midnight on Monday 30 August 2021.

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By Danielle Kutchel A tireless champion for African and CALD communities has been named Greater Dandenong’s Citizen of the Year.

Selba Luka, founder of Afri-Aus Care, received the award at an invite-only event at Springvale City Hall on Tuesday 26 January.

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It works closely with youth offenders, providing them with a pathway out of these behaviours and into a more positive contribution to society. During the pandemic for example, ex-offenders helped create food hampers and deliver these to the most vulnerable in society.

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Greater Dandenong needs to boost low canopy cover and habitat to protect its ecosystem, mayor Angela Long says.

With the launch of the council’s Biodiversity Action Plan, Cr Long said the community recognised that “Residents want to ensure future generations are able to enjoy experiences in the great outdoors for many years to come.”

Cr Long said the area’s “unique” landscape featured “beautiful open spaces and parklands”.

“However, we have a very low canopy cover and more than 150 rare or threatened flora and fauna.

“We declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency last year, and this plan is one of the many initiatives to take action and ensure a better future for all.”

The plan will prioritise community education, support for environment groups, increasing and connecting habitats and improving control of weeds and pest animals.

It states the area’s “mosaic” of woodlands, grasslands, shrublands and freshwater vegetation has been extensively cleared since the 1850s for farms and houses.

Less than 5 per cent of native vegetation has been retained.

“This extensive clearing of land has led to high levels of habitat loss, habitat disturbance and habitat fragmentation,” the report states.

The major threats to biodiversity remain from “significant loss of canopy cover” from residential and commercial development.

The report lists pollution risks from industrial areas, waterway alterations, farming, weeds, pest animals, animal fatalities on roads, and climate change as other threats.

Significant remant vegetation remains at Alex Wilkie Nature Reserve, Tirhatuan Park and Frank Pellicano Reserve, as well as tracts of river red gums in the South East Green Wedge.

Stands of river red gums in farmland in Bangholme’s Green Wedge area. 217688 Picture: GARY SISSONS They are home to animals such as possums, flying foxes, kookaburras, lorikeets, honeyeaters and robins.

The council area also neighbours significant habitat at Churchill National Park, Lysterfield Park, Braeside Park and Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands.

Greater Dandenong has 9.9 per cent tree canopy coverage in metro Melbourne – among the lowest in Melbourne.

The council has set a goal of increasing coverage to 15 per cent by 2028.

City planning director Jody Bosman told a 26 July council meeting that the council planned considerable tree plantings on council reserves, and a “potential” local law to protect large trees on private land to meet the goal.

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Youth racing for AZ

By Cam Lucadou-Wells An aversion to needles didn’t stop Paige from joining the under-40’s rush for Covid vaccination at Sandown Racecourse.

The 21-year-old from Ormond said she was “nervous” but “really excited” to finally get the chance for the jab.

She joined her mother, father and brother who were already immunized due to their age profiles or essential work.

Thousands of other young adults eagerly queued after the state mass-vax hub opened up extra booths for AstraZeneca shots for 1839 year-olds from 9 August.

Monash Health reported a surge of daily bookings - about 4300 at Sandown and Cranbourne hubs in the first three days. Nearly half were under-40s.

According to Victorian health stats, the Covid Delta-variant is mainly infecting the largely unvaccinated cohorts of young adults and children. As of 15 August, 44 cases were aged 9 or under.

A sports science student, Paige said mass vaccines would help return society to normality.

During lockdowns, she’s been unable to work her two jobs as a casual at a gym and as a physio at a football club.

Her classes at Deakin University have been limited to ZOOM. Some of her peers were alarmed by “mixed messages” on the effects of AstraZeneca such as rare, fatal blood clotting and fertility risks, she said.

But she had “faith in the science”.

“I’d prefer to have Pfizer but I feel they wouldn’t give us AstraZeneca if it wasn’t safe.

“I’m sure we’ve had worse things in our bodies.”

She agrees with her university’s vice-chancellor Iain Martin, who proposed mandatory vaccination for staff and students.

Incentives such as Covid travel-passports would also help drive up vaccine rates, she said.

“If it meant they couldn’t go to certain places (without a vaccine), they would get vaccinated.”

Alex, from Hughesdale, said he’d been long looking forward to his first dose.

Within minutes, the 23-year-old booked his spot online at Sandown. The process was less hassle than hunting for a participating

GP, he said.

His share-household were evenly divided on whether or not to get the jab.

“The side-effects and the blood-clotting is what had most people worried.

“But the chances are so small, you’d have to be stiff to get them.”

In August, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) advised that the benefits of AstraZeneca outweighed the risk of “rare side effects” for all age groups.

The Delta variant may be causing more severe disease including hospitalisation among younger people, it stated.

However, potentially-lethal blood-clotting from AstraZeneca also was more common in young people and women. It had afflicted about 2 to 3 per 100,000 people under 60.

Alex weighed up the his own online research.

“Just look at the risks, and go ahead and get it. There’s a lot of people who have had it, and I don’t know anyone with terrible side-effects.”

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Joining forces against homelessness in Casey

By Danielle Kutchel The City of Casey has joined forces with Cardinia Shire to host a forum aimed at finding solutions to tackle the growing homelessness crisis.

More than 120 housing and homelessness workers, representing over 65 different organisations, attended the 2021 Casey Cardinia Housing Summit on Thursday 5 August.

Now in its second year, the summit was held in the middle of National Homelessness Week.

Census data from 2016 reveals around 1000 people are homeless in Casey each day – an estimate that service providers believe is in fact a vast undercount – highlighting the importance of holding the summit.

Attendees heard from a range of speakers, including Dr Andi Diamond from the Local Government Regional Charter Group.

Casey is one of 13 local governments to join the Charter Group, which this week released a best practice guide, the Housing First for People Sleeping Rough Practice Guide for Local Government.

The 13 eastern and south eastern Council CEOs formed the Regional Local Government Homelessness and Social Housing Charter Group in late 2019 to end homelessness and advocate for more social housing.

Speaking at the summit, Dr Diamond said the councils had come together in 2019 to hear that “the single most powerful way councils can help end homelessness is to advocate for increased social housing”.

She said the councils had made join submissions into the Victorian inquiry into homelessness and were running a range of campaigns this week to highlight that homelessness is not limited to the Meldandenong.starcommunity.com.au

bourne CBD, but rather impacts people across Victoria.

“Through Covid, we’ve seen increased vulnerability in communities,” she added, noting that councils were seeing “new demographics” appearing in their homeless populations.

In Casey, there is particular concern for the growing number of women and children without a roof over their heads, which is often due to domestic violence concerns.

Summit attendees also heard from Jessica Featherston from Launch Housing, who spoke about how service providers had responded to the pandemic to help house people as well as how people experiencing homelessness can participate in the upcoming Census.

Census Field Officers will be present throughout Casey on Tuesday 10 August for the Census at various service access points, including WAYSS Dandenong and rooming houses in the region.

Zara Msonda-Johnson from Homes Vic and Leslie Dredge CEO – Community Housing Sector Advocates Victoria spoke about the services currently available in Casey, including incoming public and social housing builds.

Laura, a young woman with lived experience of homelessness, shared her thoughts on how to best engage those living on the streets.

She is now a youth worker, helping others in the same position she was once in.

Laura encouraged housing providers to think creatively about how to reengage young people back into housing and the community.

“Connect and find different ways of engaging with them that don’t come with stigma,” she suggested.

Richard Lim with Jindahra receiving the AZ vaccine from Vivien Huang at Lim’s Pharmacy, Springvale.

Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS It lagged well behind neighbouring parts of Melbourne such as Outer East (46.2 per cent), Inner South (51.4 per cent) and Inner East (50.1 per cent).

“Community pharmacies have been standing on the sidelines feeling like a ‘super sub’ for months wanting to take the field to help the team get this mammoth task done,” Mr Tassone said.

“We are pleased that we can help play an important part in protecting our communities and navigating our way out of COVID-restrictions and lockdowns through vaccination.”

Mr Tassone said about 500 pharmacies in Victoria were expecting Covid-19 vaccines by the end of this week.

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The summit highlighted that homelessness is not just a Melbourne problem.

Springvale pharmacist Richard Lim has been waiting months to get jabs in arms.

The Greater Dandenong councillor’s business Lim’s Pharmacy was one of more than 800 in Victoria that were deemed “suitable” in April to administer Covid vaccines.

Four months later, the pharmacy received its first AstraZeneca doses.

“We’ve been very busy,” Mr Lim said after vaccinating 130 patients in the first five days.

“Some people are saying they don’t want to go to a GP or to a mass-vax hub. They say it takes too long to get through sometimes to book in or they’re waiting up to five hours in line.

“And they say they feel comfortable with us.”

Lim’s Pharmacy accepts walk-up patients.

Those under 60 are required to sign informed consent forms and to be deemed suitable by the pharmacist.

Jabs are also provided to 60’s and over.

The pharmacy has a private vaccination area already used for flu jabs. Staff have been specifically trained for the Covid-rollout, including in after-care for rare side effects.

Pharmacy Guild state president Anthony Tassone said pharmacies were “strongly positive and keen to get involved”.

Dandenong had been identified by the state health department as one of seven areas with “gaps in access to the Covid-19 vaccine”, he said.

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Rising star claims top Rays’ award

By Nick Creely

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Expressing interest

By Nick Creely and David Nagel Several clubs from the AFL Outer East competition are exploring the option of moving to neighbouring leagues as they assess the best competition fit for their clubs.

Doveton is one of four clubs in the competition considering a move to the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League (MPNFL) AFL South East (AFLSE) - to join the MPNFL from next year, while Beaconsfield, is also exploring the option of joining local powerhouses Noble Park and Berwick in entering the tanks of the Eastern Football League.

Star News also understands that Frankston Dolphins - who currently play in division four of the Southern Football Netball League (SFNL) - have also lodged a formal expression of interest to join the MPNFL.

MPNFL clubs - who were required to vote with a 75 per cent majority for a change to competition structure - have previously rejected a move of all SEFNL clubs to the MPNFL in 2018.

But a growing desire to implement promotion and relegation across three divisions - up from the MPNFL’s current two-division structure - could see clubs considered in a more positive fashion this time around.

Beaconsfield president Troy Robinson said the club was mandated to explore its competition options for the future.

“It’s in our constitution that we conduct a competition review with each affiliation agreement that we sign and that’s the position we’re in at the moment,” Robinson said.

“We are considering our options, which include the MPNFL and Eastern, but our prefer-

ence is to maintain our relationship with AFL Outer East and to see that competition grow.”

AFLSE - under the leadership of its new Regional Manager Will Dakis - will now work through a process of consultation with the MPNFL clubs to garner the level of interest in taking additional clubs on board.

AFL Outer East Regional General Manager Aaron Bailey told Star News that the league is confident that the clubs will remain aligned with them long-term.

“As was agreed at end of three years, clubs would review their position,” he said.

“We’re confident all clubs will remain with the AFL Outer East in the long term, and this is simply a part of the three-year process as agreed.”

Star News has contacted Doveton for comment.

Superstar Shima Shine calls it a day

Amber Clarke is destined to become a household name in the AFLW in years to come, and the rising Dandenong Stingray has been rewarded with the club’s 2021 NAB League girls best and fairest.

The best and fairest - which was held online - saw the Narre North Foxes Junior Football Club product take out the top gong, after a standout NAB League campaign which saw her feature six times, and snag 10 goals.

Clarke was named in the best four times, an indicator of her class and consistency.

Stingrays coach Nick Cox said that for Clarke, the best is yet to come.

“Her capabilities are that she could end up a really high draft pick in 2022,” he said.

“The level she plays at is a lot better than others, she just continued to showcase week in week out her ability to be really powerful and strong around the contest.

“She hits the scoreboard, but wherever she plays she is going to be a good player.

“Unfortunately she got injured in the first nationals game, she wasn’t able to play much after that.

“You’ll be hearing that name a bit next year.”

Felicity Crank was named runners-up in the Best and Fairest after an equally stellar season, Ash Richards was a constant presence with nine goals to finish third, with the co-captain recently selected by St Kilda with Pick 12 in the AFLW draft.

Jaide Anthony was awarded the Players Award in a season that also saw her named in the 2021 NAB AFLW Under 19 Championships All-Australian Team, Mackenzie Eardley was recognised with the Coaches Award, while Mikayla Williamson took out the Rising Star Award.

The Stingrays finished fourth in the NAB League Girls season.

By Jason Adams One of the sport’s megastars Shima Shine has been retired.

He farewells the racing scene with 37 wins from 64 starts and $738,268 in prize money.

“Now is the right time. He’s been battling with a minor injury and it’s just not worth taking any risks. He’s been a phenomenal greyhound,” said David Gleeson, co-owner along with Bob Cummings.

Shima Shine was an elite talent from day one. Throughout his education he showed Gleeson and Cummings all of the qualities required to be a top line sprinter. He went on to compete in 16 group finals with signature wins in the Topgun and Gold Bullion.

“I’ve been involved in the sport for over 60 years and he’s given us thrills that no other greyhound has. He means a lot to Bob and I as well as our families.”

He broke the Ballarat 450m track record in just his seventh start and also set the time standards at Warragul, Bendigo and Horsham.

He is the third fastest greyhound ever to win at Sandown Park with an amazing 28.949, bettered only by Hooked On Scotch (28.939) and Hard Style Rico (28.909).

“When he got it right there wasn’t a greyhound in Australia who could match him. His acceleration was his strength. When he set that time (at Sandown) his first split was 4.93 (equal seventh fastest ever) which is flying.”

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One of the sport’s megastars has been retired. $6.50 which was on offer in last year’s TAB Melbourne Cup. His well decorated career spanned over two years and Gleeson paid credit to the Dailly family for his heights and longevity.

“The Daillys have done a tremendous job with him. He’s had some setbacks along the way but managed through them brilliantly.”

Shima Shine will stand at stud with George Dailly (0419 568 349) for a fee of $3300.

Amber Clarke has been rewarded after a superb season.

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Leek dreams of loving cup

By David Nagel Pakenham trainer Andrea Leek is dreaming big and hoping to add the biggest prize in Australian racing to an already bulging trophy cabinet after Heir to the Throne scored a tough win in the $50,000 BenchMark 70 Handicap (2400m) at Sandown Hillside last week.

Leek was super-successful and captured plenty of silverware as a jumps jockey, riding Team Heritage to victory for trainer-husband John in the 2004 Grand National Hurdle at Flemington.

The Leek’s also dominated the Oakbank carnival that year, with John training, and Andrea riding, Boxter Blue to wins in the Von Doussa and Great Eastern Steeplechases.

The pair also teamed up for another huge success when The Big Ask jumped his way to victory in the 2006 edition of the JJ Houlahan Hurdle at Flemington.

Since giving up life as a race-rider more than a decade ago, Andrea has continued to play a huge role in the families racing interests, with the Leeks working as a team, but under John’s moniker, until just recently, when Andrea took over as trainer while John pursued his love for cattle breeding.

Heir to the Throne, who the Leek family purchased for $35,000 earlier this year, has now had seven starts for the family with Wednesday’s success his third win in a short space of time.

Andrea now has two wins from her first three starts as a trainer after Heir to the Throne backed up a win at Sale in late July with an impressive staying performance at Sandown.

The Pentire/Royal Successor seven-yearold gelding was forced to work hard early from the outside barrier in the 10-horse field, and was caught three-wide with cover down the back.

Star jockey Jamie Kah got to work at the 400-metre mark, rustling up Heir to the Throne who hit the front at the 200 and narrowly fought off a late challenge from Damien Oliver aboard Bondi Sands.

Leek said Heir to the Throne possessed some strong staying qualities and would now be aimed at higher honours…and possibly the biggest prize of all!

Heir to the Throne is a younger full-brother to 2015 Melbourne Cup winner Prince of Penzance.

“The further he goes the better and today the track has obviously dried out a fair bit so may have taken a bit of his brilliance off him, but yeah he’s flying,” Leek told racing.com after Wednesday’s win which defied his wide barrier.

“That’s just barriers, they can get you beat, we’re lucky we had Jamie (Kah) on and she just cuddled him and rode him beautifully.”

Leek will now carefully map out a plan that could end with a trip to Flemington on the first Tuesday in November.

“There’s a benchmark 78 over 2500 at the Valley coming up, that was our plan to go there and then, ideally, if he can win that, we’d love to go to somewhere like Flemington, where it’s a big track and give him a real chance to show what he’s got,” Andrea said.

“We’ve put in a sneaky little nom for the Melbourne Cup, you never know, you’ve got to dream…and that’s what our dream is.

“He’s already given us excitement, just coming here today…and you’ve got to dream.”

Kah said Heir to the Throne had done well to overcome a sticky gate, and a tough run early, to hold on for a courageous victory.

“I just to Andrea, he’s a push-button horse, he’s a lovely ride, and if something took us into the straight earlier, he probably wins it better than he did,” Kah said after the race.

“He probably thinks about it a little too much but he’s got the ability underneath him.

“I was in two minds about whether to come back on him, but they were going to go too slow for him, so I just played it out around the turn.

“I wanted to make sure we had cover down the back straight because it’s very windy out there. We did , he relaxed, and in the end it turned out to be a good run.”

Kah said Heir to the Throne, despite his age, definitely had the potential to rise through the ranks.

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Heir to the Throne kicks clear under the urgings of champion jockey Jamie Kah at Sandown. 247433

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He’s The Real Deel makes it impressive back-to-back wins at Sandown. 247433

Jamie Kah overcame a wide gate to boot home Heir to the Throne at Sandown. 247433 prep, he’s a great stayer, he’s a great ride, he settles and he’s got that in his favour and all he can do is win, and he did, so it’s onwards and upwards from here.”

Honours were evenly spread on the eightrace card at Sandown, with eight individual jockeys and trainers paying a visit to the winner’s stall.

But easily the most impressive performance of the day came from Cranbourne trainer Matthew Brown’s five-year-old gelding He’s The

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Jockey Carleen Hefel gave nothing else a chance on He’s The Real Deel.

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Real Deel, who donkey-licked his rivals in the $50,000 BenchMark 64 Handicap (1300m).

The son of Dundeel/Gentle Woman scored an impressive three-length victory at Sandown on Sunday 1 August, but trumped that performance with an even more dominant display this time around.

Apprentice-jockey Carleen Hefel put her valuable three-kilo claim to good use, taking He’s The Real Deel to the front and dictating terms from the pole position.

Hefel had a strong hold rounding the turn before slipping some more rein and spreadeagling the opposition in the straight. The pair cruised to the line, five lengths in advance of the John McArdle-trained Bricktop, with Flash Flood a head further back in third.

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